The West’s Blunders Help Fuel Russia’s Far East Development
A tip of the cap to the geniuses at the US State Department.
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A Short Overview of Making Colonial Empires by European Powers from the Time of the Vienna Congress up to WWI (1815−1914)
A high level recap of how European powers built out their empires in the century before the Great War.
Read more...Michael Hudson: World Shaking Up! Epic Political & Economic Earthquakes
Michael Hudson reviews the commitments made at the recent NATO and SCO gatherings and what they mean for changes in the world order.
Read more...Biden New Cold War Weapon in the Indo-Pacific Backfires
The Biden Administration demonstrates it can’t shoot straight with respect to an economic deal meant to counter China.
Read more...The Neoclassical Growth of China
A model finds that China closely tracked the trajectory of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Does this claim hold up to close scrutiny?
Read more...The South China Sea’s Resource Wars
Taiwan is only a part of the ongoing conflict between Chana and America plus its Asian allies.
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: China’s Unsustainable, Unbalanced Growth Model and Its Current Economic Wobbles
Musings on the routes for China out of its economic problems and whether China will actually take them.
Read more...Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex
A measured but wide-ranging takedown on the movie Oppenheimer and the way it goes way too easy on too many matters nuclear.
Read more...US-South Korea Nuclear Weapons Deal – What You Need to Know
US is bringing back nuclear weapons to South Korea in dangerous East Asia escalation.
Read more...War, What Is It Good For?
At least when it comes to “great” powers and war these days, one lesson seems clear enough: there simply is nothing great about them, except their power to destroy not just the enemy, but themselves as well.
Read more...US Fails Miserably in Efforts to Isolate Russia
Victoria Nuland is a loser as even the newspaper of record admits defeat.
Read more...Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War
The US is pressing an (over) eager Japan to develop offensive capabilities, with an eye to a conflict with China.
Read more...Japan and the Netherlands Join US Efforts to Cut Off China from Advanced Chips
Japan and the Netherlands are joining the US in tightening controls over the export of advanced chip-making machinery to China.
Read more...Will Japan and South Korea Learn From US Allies in Europe?
Washington works to enlist Tokyo and Seoul in its efforts to contain Beijing, but will Japan and South Korea end up suffering more than China?
Read more...Russian Oil Price Cap Will Not Apply To Resold Cargoes
The “collective West” is remarkably attached to sanctions that have hurt them more than Russia. The oil price cap is next in this pattern.
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